{"title":"Challenges in simulating robotics and automation systems for real world applications utilising project based courses","authors":"S. Hamid, H. Yusof, M. H. A. Abd Latif","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451617","url":null,"abstract":"In any engineering project, there is a need for a good framework and implementation process which are able to propagate effectively from the conceptual and detail design, to conducting simulation of the finalized design and finally creating a physical presence through assembly and prototyping process. Although these requirements could be generalized for any engineering project, it is much more imperative that in robotic design this is conducted as such, due to the various sensors, actuators and control requirements needed to integrate a system. This process is important since a fully integrated robotic system need to be fully optimized for it to be able to perform the required and desired function effectively.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134595431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Nader, H. Nomura, Shojiro Matsushita, Hiraku Komura, M. Ohka, T. Miyaoka
{"title":"A tactile mouse capable of generating velvet-like sensation to the human palm","authors":"R. Nader, H. Nomura, Shojiro Matsushita, Hiraku Komura, M. Ohka, T. Miyaoka","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451597","url":null,"abstract":"Creating the feeling of material in virtual reality (VR) remains a challenge. The Velvet Hand Illusion (VHI) produces a virtual smooth and soft texture sensation to the hand. In this study, we investigated whether or not a typical haptic device such as a tactile display facilitates VHI. First, as a psychophysical experiment, we employed magnitude estimation to evaluate the quality and intensity of the VHI generated on the tactile display by comparing three VHI setups and using a real velvet cloth as the reference sensation. The experimental results showed that the tactile display produces virtual smoothness in the hand. Furthermore, using the paired comparison method, our results demonstrated that the VHI strength generated by our tactile mouse can be controlled in the range of r/D = 0 to 1.5, where r and D are the stroke and distance between the virtual wires, respectively.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128234827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. R. Aparow, K. Hudha, Megat M. H. M. Ahmad, S. Abdullah
{"title":"Active Front Wheel Steering System of 4×4 armored vehicle: Rejection of unwanted firing disturbance","authors":"V. R. Aparow, K. Hudha, Megat M. H. M. Ahmad, S. Abdullah","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451589","url":null,"abstract":"Effect of firing force from the gun turret causes external disturbance to an armored vehicle. This disturbance has effected the dynamic performance of the armored vehicle while firing in a moving situation. Therefore, an active safety system is required in order to minimize the effect of firing disturbance to improve the dynamic performance and directional stability of the armored vehicle. In this paper, Active Front Wheel Steering System (AFWS) has been developed as an active safety system for the armored vehicle. An armored vehicle model using Pitman Arm Steering and DC motor model has been used to study the performance of the armored vehicle model using AFWS. In order to enhance the performance of AFWS, additional embodiment known as Estimated Yaw and Lateral disturbance Rejection (EsYLaR) has been included in the control strategy. The performance of the armored vehicle is evaluated in term of yaw rate, yaw angle, lateral acceleration and lateral displacement.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126988247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. M. Zadeh, D. Powers, K. Sammut, A. Lammas, A. Yazdani
{"title":"Optimal route planning with prioritized task scheduling for AUV missions","authors":"S. M. Zadeh, D. Powers, K. Sammut, A. Lammas, A. Yazdani","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451578","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a solution to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) large scale route planning and task assignment joint problem. Given a set of constraints (e.g., time) and a set of task priority values, the goal is to find the optimal route for underwater mission that maximizes the sum of the priorities and minimizes the total risk percentage while meeting the given constraints. Making use of the heuristic nature of genetic and swarm intelligence algorithms in solving NP-hard graph problems, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) are employed to find the optimum solution, where each individual in the population is a candidate solution (route). To evaluate the robustness of the proposed methods, the performance of the all PS and GA algorithms are examined and compared for a number of Monte Carlo runs. Simulation results suggest that the routes generated by both algorithms are feasible and reliable enough, and applicable for underwater motion planning. However, the GA-based route planner produces superior results comparing to the results obtained from the PSO based route planner.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127722238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EMG based classification for continuous thumb angle and force prediction","authors":"Abdul Rahman Siddiqi, S. N. Sidek, M. R. Roslan","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451584","url":null,"abstract":"Human hand functions range from precise-minute handling to heavy and robust movements. Remarkably, 50 percent of all hand functions are made possible by the thumb. Therefore, developing an artificial thumb which can mimic the actions of a real thumb precisely is a major achievement. Despite many efforts dedicated to this area of research, control of artificial thumb movements in resemblance to our natural movement, still poses as a challenge. Most of the development in this area is based on discontinuous thumb position control, which makes it possible to recreate several of the most important functions of the thumb but does not result in total imitation. This work looks into the classification of Electromyogram (EMG) signals from thumb muscles for the prediction of thumb angle and force during flexion motion. For this purpose, an experimental setup is developed to measure the thumb angle & force throughout the range of flexion and simultaneously gather the EMG signals. Further various different features are extracted from these signals for classification and the most suitable feature set is determined and applied to different classifiers. A `piecewise- discretization' approach is used for continuous angle prediction. Breaking away from previous researches, the frequency-domain features performed better than the time-domain features, with the best feature combination turning out to be MDF-MNF-MNP. As for the classifiers, the Support Vector Machine proved to be the most accurate classifier giving about 70% accuracy for both angle and force classification and close to 50% for joint angle-force classification.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132763836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An investigation into the recurring patterns of forex time series data","authors":"Y. Yong, Yunli Lee, D. Ngo","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451631","url":null,"abstract":"Countless theories have been developed by both researchers and financial analyst in an attempt to explain the fluctuation of forex price. By obtaining an intimate understanding of the forex market, traders will hopefully be able to forecast and react to forex price oscillations on-the-fly towards making a profitable investment. In this paper, an investigation into the underlying theory that there exists repeating patterns within the time series data which forms the basis of technical analysis is conducted. The assumption that certain patterns do develop over time and the forex market does not fluctuate in a random manner is used to establish the fact that history repeats itself in forex trading. The patterns and repetitions unveiled within the forex historical data would be an important element for forex forecasting.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133211498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Firas B. Ismail Alnaimi, Ali Ahmadian Mazraeh, K. Sahari, K. Weria, Y. Moslem
{"title":"Design of a multi-diameter in-line cleaning and fault detection pipe pigging device","authors":"Firas B. Ismail Alnaimi, Ali Ahmadian Mazraeh, K. Sahari, K. Weria, Y. Moslem","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451622","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents an innovative approach for the design and development of Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) which can clean / inspect pipes from 6\" up to 14\" with a simple change of shirts using the latest technologies such as Ultra Sonic Sensors for the pipelines of palm oil, water, and oil/ gas industries through the creation of a simulation tool capable of generating simulated images from pipeline using Arduino Software for highest accuracy and precision inspection to protect the environment and equipment from any unexpected accident. There are several DC motors powered by an installed battery to move the PIG inside the Pipeline. Radio transmitter is used to elongate the distance of investigation by the mean of reduction of the number of individual pigging processes to save time and cost for companies. The DC controller used to control each individual DC motor to rotate synchronizely producing linear movement of The PIG inside the Pipeline. Fluid hammer effect is another factor which has been considered during designing this pig. To avoid such case to occur the design has been revised and several arms have been devised around the robot to maintain the speed and position of pig all the way through the pipeline.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133118988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Aksyonov, E. Bykov, O. Aksyonova, A. Nevolina, N. Goncharova
{"title":"Simulation of the real-time simulation systems and its integration with the automated control system of an enterprise","authors":"K. Aksyonov, E. Bykov, O. Aksyonova, A. Nevolina, N. Goncharova","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451619","url":null,"abstract":"This work describes the integration method of simulation models used within the information system of an industrial enterprise. We describe the integration problem on a basic class of models - the real-time models. Such models can be applied in such processes as control and monitoring, situation diagnosis and decision making. The core of the method lies in multi-agent approach. The method has been further extended by the intelligent distributed agents. The dynamic model consists of the main model of a multi-agent resources conversion process with support for multi-agent modeling, together with agent-based modeling, discrete-event modeling and queuing systems. To substantiate suggested technical decision of the integration module existing message brokers were analyzed. We also present the ontology of the subject area. It can be applied to semantic integration of data, which is required for the simulation of business, technological and logistical processes. Java language has been used in order to let the system have cross-platform availability.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115187476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dafizal Derawi, Nurul Dayana Salim, H. Zamzuri, Mohd Azizi Abdul Rahman, K. Nonami
{"title":"Image feature extraction algorithm for robotic applications: Region features case","authors":"Dafizal Derawi, Nurul Dayana Salim, H. Zamzuri, Mohd Azizi Abdul Rahman, K. Nonami","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451632","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an image feature extraction algorithm for robotic applications. The proposed method robust against scene illumination change, viewpoint change, specularity, colour saturation, imperfect focus of image, and shadows. The proposed algorithm is a bottom up approach which consists of three phases: colour classification, correction, and description. In colour classification phase, chrominance (CIE Lab colour space) is used to segment coloured images in order to detect potential coloured region. Thresholding and several morphological operations are applied in correction phase in order to eliminate the noise pixels. Finally, moment method is used to identify the desired image features (area, position and orientation) of targets. The results are presented to illustrate each operations involved and demonstrate the performance of proposed image feature extraction algorithm. Overall, the proposed method is suitable for known operating environment cases where a robot operates in predefined workspace with prior knowledge of target.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"214 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121457739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neuro signal based lie detection","authors":"Rumeysa Çakmak, A. Zeki","doi":"10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRIS.2015.7451606","url":null,"abstract":"Polygraph has been used for deception detection as an alternative way to provide proof for investigation; however the significant shortcoming occurs based on its reliability. This paper proposes to understanding the relationship between lying and frontal lobe during some specific tasks by mapping their EEG signals. In the present study, Multiplayer neural network are used for bio-signal classification. For each group subject, features from Short-time Fourier transform (STFT) are computed, for each channel. Multi-layer Perception (MLP) is used for classification to differentiate between deception and truth types of EEG classes with the accuracy of around 90%. Feature extractions were strong enough and mental processes linked with the activation of the frontal cortex. Three students' alpha waves were collected while they play the “Pokemon card” and this card chosen in order to challenge participants during testing duration. The goal of this study is to evaluate different state of truth and deception for the extraction of EEG features that are most suitable for the discrimination between each stage. The EEG recordings were obtained alpha waves from four frontal electrodes and two midline electrodes.","PeriodicalId":175861,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128802030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}